Banished Modding - installing the toolkit

Updating your game

• With Steam: simply make sure that you have the latest version (at least 1.0.4).
• With standard install: if your game version is 1.0.3 or lower, download the 1.0.4 patch (official site) and extract it into your game folder (making sure to preserve the directory structure of the archive).

Installing prerequisites

• Install DirectX End User Runtime
• Install Visual Studio 2012 Redist
• (Optional) Install Francophil Sans font

Installing the modkit

• Download the modkit
• Version 1.0.4
• Version 1.0.6
• Version 1.0.7 (beta)
• Extract it to your preferred location (e.g. C:\BanishedKit) where you want to work from
• Copy your game data files to the modkit folder. E.g.:
  From C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Banished\WinData to C:\BanishedKit\bin\WinData
• Run the batch file from the command line. E.g. C:\BanishedKit\BuildResource.bat (will take a few minutes)
• Run the developer build and start modding. C:\BanishedKit\bin\Application-x64-profile.exe